psychology

psychology

An innovative new Penn State online master’s degree will help current and aspiring leaders learn the skills necessary to understand and enhance the performance of their employees. Applications for the Master of Professional Studies in psychology of leadership at work are now being accepted, and courses will begin in May.

Wendy Manning, distinguished research professor of sociology at Bowling Green State University, will discuss findings from a longitudinal study of adolescents dealing with intimate partner violence when the Colloquium Series in Psychological Sciences and Human Behavior returns to Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Manning’s talk, “Young Adult Relationships and Intimate Partner Violence” begins at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, in Room 117 of the campus’ Reed Union Building. Admission is free and open to the public.

Aletha C. Huston, the Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor Emerita of Child Development at University of Texas at Austin, will speak on “Policies Affecting Families in Poverty: What Works and Why Aren’t We Doing Better?” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29 in Ballroom C in the Nittany Lion Inn.

More than 20 years ago, Margaret Eimers dropped out of high school during her sophomore year after she failed a class and became fed up with school.

Now, in a few days, the Erie native is about to walk in her first commencement ceremony. She will graduate with a 3.94 grade-point average and bachelor’s degree in psychology from Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. How’s that for a turnabout?

"You're growing tired. Your eyelids are getting heavy. You're feeling very sleepy..." Most of us recognize these words as the Hollywood script of a hypnosis session. Typically portrayed as the tool of comics and hucksters ("At my command, you will crow like a rooster...") or nefarious, mind-controlling villains, hypnosis has a serious type-casting problem to overcome. Beyond the stereotypes, is there any validity to hypnosis as a therapeutic technique?

Penn State Lehigh Valley has expanded the number of spring break travel opportunities offered this year. During spring break (March 9-15), Lehigh Valley campus faculty and staff are leading more than 75 students on trips to Great Britain, Ireland, Mexico, and Peru, as well as Massachusetts and West Virginia.

Penn State Brandywine assistant professor of psychology Daniela Martin is on the frontline of significant research. With the first generation of cochlear implant recipients reaching adulthood, Martin and her colleagues are out to discover the long-term psychological outcomes of this relatively new medical procedure.

When both partners of a married couple are building careers in academia, it can be a struggle to live in the same town. Whether teaching, conducting research abroad or on sabbatical, Penn State distinguished professors Judith Kroll and David Rosenbaum have always made it their priority.

A University of Akron sociologist will discuss her research on family reunification as public policy at the next Colloquium Series in Psychological Sciences and Human Behavior event at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.

"Does Protecting the Family Hurt the Child? Comparing Outcomes for Maltreated Children at Home and in Foster Care" is the title of Stacey Nofziger's presentation. She will speak at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 21, in 180 Jack Burke Research and Economic Development Center, 5101 Jordan Road. Admission is free and open to the public, and free parking will be available in the deck south of Burke, off Technology Drive.

Clare Conry-Murray, assistant professor of psychology at Penn State Beaver, will present "Culture and Development: Effects on Reasoning about Gender Equity," from noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 27, in Room 16 of the campus Student Union Building. The program, which is free and open to the public, is the first in the Spring 2013 Faculty Speakers Series.

Toddlers with more developed language skills are better able to manage frustration and less likely to express anger by the time they're in preschool. That's the conclusion of a new longitudinal study from Penn State researchers that appears today (Dec. 20) in the journal Child Development.

"This is the first longitudinal evidence of early language abilities predicting later aspects of anger regulation," said Pamela M. Cole, the Liberal Arts Research Professor of Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State, who was the principal investigator of the study.